Ryan Ostry
Bugle Reporter
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AMITA Health Saint Joseph Medical Center in Joliet has received a certification as a Comprehensive Stroke Center from DNV GL Healthcare, an international accrediting body for healthcare facilities.
AMITA Health Saint Joseph is one of only five hospitals in Illinois to have received this level of advanced certification for the care of stroke from DNV GL Healthcare.
“It really puts us in a class with only five other hospitals in the state of Illinois,” said Abby Hornbogen, Vice President of Operations. “It just confirms the outstanding care that we provide our patients, specifically in the stroke realm.”
According to DNV GL, Comprehensive Stroke Centers represent the most advanced stroke treatment available in a given geographic area.
This designation means the clinicians at AMITA Health Saint Joseph have proven their efforts in caring for stroke patients and exceed the patient safety standards, best practice policies and procedures and meet target volumes set forth by DNV GL, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and the American Stroke Association.
“You have to have the resources to provide the right treatment for the stroke patients 24/7,” Hornbogen said. “Doing the procedures to treat those strokes such as coilings, clippings or any type of endovascular procedure and we also serve as a regional referral center. So there’s a lot that goes into it.”
The emphasis placed on deploying a disciplined management system and relevant clinical best practices sets DNV GL certified Comprehensive Stroke Centers apart from other programs.
Patients suspected of experiencing a stroke are immediately evaluated and treated by the AMITA Health Saint Joseph stroke team, which includes emergency department physicians and clinicians, neurosurgeons and endovascular physicians available 24 hours a day, seven days a week to provide the best, most efficient care for the best results.
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